National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's ŁKS Łódź or Stal Mielec that keep their silverware dream alive.
These are hustling days for the hosts, as they played only four days ago in the 1. Liga. At least it's nice to return home after that away game at Chojniczanka Chojnice.
ŁKS Łódź form and stats
Last season, ŁKS Łódź's Polish Cup journey ended in the 16th finals.The story so far in the 1. Liga for ŁKS Łódź at their home stadium (Stadion ŁKS-u) is 3 wins, 0 draws and 1 defeat.
In their previous game, the manager Moskal led his Łódź to a defeat away at Chojniczanka Chojnice. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Stadion ŁKS-u.
Previous to that game, a 1. Liga home match hosting Ruch Chorzow in a game that was won 2-0.The ŁKS Łódź fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 6 goals in 4 league matches. ŁKS Łódź are not conceding a lot of goals here at Stadion ŁKS-u in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 3 from 4 matches.
Stal Mielec form and stats
Mielec was sent out of Polish Cup in the 1st round last season.The story so far for the visiting team on their Ekstraklasa travels is 2 wins, 0 draws and 2 defeats.
The attacking players of Stal Mielec have been feeble for some time now, the team not scoring a league goal in the last 224 minutes.
Stal Mielec's previous game was their home loss versus Legia Warszawa (0-1). Wlazło got a match rating of 7.64 in that game, top player of the team. Wlazło hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 5 of 6 times.
It was a Ekstraklasa defeat before that one as the away game against Piast Gliwice wasn't a success with a 0-4 loss.The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Śląsk Wrocław in just three days.
The travelling fans enjoy Mielec's attacking play in away games, having scored 7 goals in 4 league matches away.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last five matches): ŁKS Łódź three wins, one draw and Stal Mielec one victory. As for goals, zero matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five games had two or less.
Top Goalscorers
  J. Ruiz López 4 goals |  M. Domański 4 goals | M. Kowalczyk 2 goals |
ŁKS Łódź missing players
Stal Mielec missing players
| ŁKS Łódź | Stal Mielec | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 15 | Played | P | 14 | 25 | ||
| 10 | 6 | Won | W | 3 | 7 | ||
| 4 | 2 | Drew | D | 2 | 5 | ||
| 11 | 7 | Lost | L | 9 | 13 | ||
| 23 | 14 | Scored | S | 15 | 26 | ||
| 27 | 17 | Conceded | C | 28 | 37 | ||
| 96% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 64% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 93% | 80% | ||
| 20% | 20% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 57% | 40% | ||
| 12% | 13% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 43% | 24% | ||
| 8% | 7% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 14% | 8% | ||
| 28% | 27% | BTTS | BTTS | 57% | 52% | ||
| 28% | 27% | Clean Sheets | C S | 14% | 20% | ||
| 48% | 47% | Failed to Score | F T | 29% | 28% | ||
| 5.5 | 6.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.3 | 4.8 | ||
| 4.9 | 5.2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.3 | 5.6 | ||
| 2.4 | 2.1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.9 | 1.9 | ||
| 3 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | ||
| 11.6 | 12.4 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.8 | 9.7 | ||
| 4.3 | 5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.1 | 3.9 | ||
| 22% | 20% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 26% | 26% | ||
| 9.6 | 9.7 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 14.8 | 13.1 | ||
| 4 | 4.2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 6.3 | 5.7 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Wisa Krakow | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 16 |
| 2 | Ruch Chorzow | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 15 |
| 3 | ŁKS Łódź | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 15 |
| 4 | Nieciecza | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 14 |
| 5 | Arka Gdynia | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 14 |
| 6 | Puszcza Niepoomice | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 14 |
| 7 | Podbeskidzie | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 7 | -2 | 12 |
| 8 | Stal Rzeszow | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 11 |
| 9 | Tychy 71 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 11 |
| 10 | Katowice | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 11 |
| 11 | Zagebie Sosnowiec | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 11 |
| 12 | SKRA Częstochowa | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | -2 | 11 |
| 13 | Chrobry Gogow | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 7 | -2 | 10 |
| 14 | Chojniczanka Chojnice | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | -3 | 9 |
| 15 | Odra Opole | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 17 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 7 | -6 | 7 |
| 16 | Gornik eczna | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | -1 | 6 |
| 17 | Sandecja Nowy Sącz | 8 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 6 | -7 | 6 |
| 18 | Resovia Rzeszów | 8 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 5 | -6 | 4 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Wisła Płock | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 19 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 12 | 16 |
| 2 | Legia Warszawa | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 14 |
| 3 | Pogon Szczecin | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 13 |
| 4 | Radomiak Radom | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 11 |
| 5 | Rakow Czestochowa | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 10 |
| 6 | Cracovia Kraków | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 10 |
| 7 | Widzew Lodz | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 10 |
| 8 | Korona Kielce | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 10 |
| 9 | Stal Mielec | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 0 | 10 |
| 10 | Śląsk Wrocław | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -3 | 9 |
| 11 | Warta Poznań | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | -3 | 9 |
| 12 | Gornik Zabrze | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 8 |
| 13 | Jagiellonia Biaystok | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | -1 | 8 |
| 14 | Zagebie Lubin | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | -4 | 8 |
| 15 | Piast Gliwice | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 5 | -1 | 6 |
| 16 | Lech Poznan | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -4 | 4 |
| 17 | Miedź Legnica | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | -5 | 4 |
| 18 | Lechia Gdansk | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 11 | -7 | 3 |
